The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-06
LOCAL ITEMS.
Jay II. MALTBY, Local Reporter.

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Wheat, 50 cents.
Plenty Of visitors frequent our town now,
days.
Oursusual equinoctial storm is long tim
coming
Big potatoe talk with big b. is in ord.
nowadays.
And still building goes merrily on in ou,
booming little town.
Travel on the railroad has picked up con
siderably this week.
It is reported that Frank Combs has q grea
mouth for fried chicken.
Money saved by buying your boots and
hoes of Batesen & Ayres.
Travelling salesmen have been very numer
GUS in town the past week.
Headquarters for Dry Goods, Groceries and
Hardware, Batsssn & Ayres.
Dogs-including fea-esred ours etc,-ar>
~ numerous in town a. peas in pod.
Another coldsnap struck our town Monday
morning, and stoves again came into play.
Did you knock the chickens as numerousl,
Is you anticipated? Guess not, according te
allreports.
Chas. McKeen is building large addition
to his stable, and work on the Same is now
progressing rapidly.
Fried chicken and currant jelly-the bos,
dish-the delight of the Bottineau epicure al
Masters lunch room.
Occasionally, when the darksome hours have
come, we observe few couples counting the
planks on our sidewalk.
Engineer Green, of our railroad force
was again taken ill this week, and has gone
to Devils Lake to recuperate.
J. c. Fremont, ex-slave, will lecture in
bottineau the coming Saturday evening.
Subject-"The Sunny South"
W. H. Kirk ard family will have q neat
little house, On Fifth street, when it is com
pleted and ready for occupancy.
Chas. Smith commenced work on the Bap-
tist church Tuesday morning, and is pushing
matters on it as rapidly as possible.
A grand ball is talked Of in connection
with the awarding of the medals for the best
marksman in Co. B. Letter materialize.
A teachers institute has been ordered "a
be held for Rolette and Bottineau counties.
commencing Oct. 3lst. and lasting week.
The familiar quack Of geese and ducks can
be heard every evening. These birds are now
lndustrously vending their way southwark.
Our columns are heavily crowded this week,
and II we miss an occasional item Of interest
We hope our readers will good naturedly par
don US.
WANTED:--A young lady to learn tels-
graphing this winter who is willing to help
do house work for her board and tuition,
apply at depot.
The forest trees and foliage are now put
ting on their brilliant autumnal colors, and
thereby showing that our Indian summer
will not always stay with US.
Jno. Hofacker commenced handling the
hammer and jack-plain the first of tho week,
he having decided to make "few bits out
Of our present building boom.
It il reported that a cyclone svspt::ovsr the
Devils Lake baseball grounds last Thursday
when the "nine' ofthat place and the Rugby
twirlers, prepared for game.
Our townawill present a very much i'm
proved appearance upon the completion Of
the new stores, churches, dwellings and school
house, which are now mater ializing.
W: A. Hillhouse and family now occupy
Miss Maggie McVioars building, it having
been recently converted into private resi-
dence, by means Of carpenters tools.
Some Of the people living on the mountain
side have told us that rife-bullets are scatter
cd all over that region. This shows that the
boys at target practice burned good deal of
Jno. Hofacker presented to our inspection
the first Of the week , radish, which measured
feet long; it was also quite tender, and in a
good satable condition. The productiveness
of our soil is truly wonderful.
Last Sunday morning NJ. o. Tibbitts and
Frank Morrissy put on their dude clothes,
.axed their mustaches, parted their hair in
The middle, and INDUCED in ride to Dun
'eith. returning the same evening.
Dug. MoArthur has been unable to attend
9 business at his drug store the past week,
N acooun Of inflammation in one of his eyes. Ii
Q quite serious matter, and he will be OBJ
iged to keep very quiet for while.
Those who saw that broad guage smile that
'nveloped the features Of Chas. Boyer last
week, could not have been mistaken a. to its
sauss. We have peen informed that nothing
put new girl will make man look that way.
George Meade goes hunting quite often,
Ind when he arrives back he always spins an
interesting and lengthy yarn about his
title trip, and how many chickens he baeped.
to. We have been IN interested auditor
on one or two occasions. -.
We call attention this week to the intricate
but comprehensive report Of our county sup
'rintendent Of schools, which appears else
Fhere in this issue. It shows considerable
enterprise, both Of Mr.. Cathro and the print
'r in thus getting it up in such An accurate
md handsome style.
The western sky was made very smoky in
appearance BY numerous prairie fires the past
week. We have not as yet ascrtained that
my serious damage to property has occurred.
md hope sufficient fre-breaks have been made
wherever it is necessary. The village il now
'ntirely encompassed by q fre-break, which
s right and proper. ~8
eagain deem it q favorable time To urge the
organization Of q brass band. It would be
great thing for the town, and would come in
very useful many times during the year.
several Of our young men have expressed
themselves willing to join such m Organise
lion, and al that is necessary now is for some
one TO start the "bau rolling BY calling
meeting. al .. n .5 . e
Last Friday, about 2 o'clock, ]. A. Daviss
khreShinr seDArat0r whi1A in nnar.f;nn ~